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Three Kalamazoo College computer science<\/a> students traveled to Grand Valley State University last weekend to compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), the longest-running higher education programming competition in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 50,000 students from more than 100 countries competed in several regional competitions, solving a number of programming problems over the course of five hours. The contest fosters creativity, teamwork and innovation in building new software programs, and tests the students\u2019 ability to work efficiently in challenging conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chau Ta \u201925, Benjamin Whitsett \u201927 and Cole Koryto \u201925 finished sixth out of 18 teams in the East Division\u2019s Central North America Region, which included students from Ohio, Michigan, Eastern Ontario, Western Pennsylvania and Indiana. K\u2019s representatives, in a team aptly named Bit by Bit, finished higher than five of eight teams from the University of Michigan and one of three teams from Michigan State University among others. Overall, Bit by Bit finished 48th<\/sup> out of 182 teams in the East Division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With school standings determined by the average scores of all their representing teams, K placed 12th<\/sup> in the East Division. That was good enough for second among five teams from Michigan and first among three teams from Great Lakes Colleges Association<\/a> institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe this is an outstanding achievement and something we can celebrate,\u201d Dow Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sandino Vargas–<\/em>P\u00e9rez said. \u201cOur students are bright, dedicated and enthusiastic about learning. They enjoy these contests where they can express what they\u2019ve learned here at the College. I asked them, \u2018Team, what is your goal for the event?\u2019 They responded, \u2018We want to be above the 50th percentile and maybe beat one of the teams from Harvard.\u2019 Not only were they in the top 20%, but they also defeated one of the four teams that Harvard sent and defeated the University of Michigan in average points. They were so delighted with their results.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chau Ta \u201925, Cole Koryto \u201925 and Benjamin Whitsett \u201927 impressed Dow Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sandino Vargas–<\/em>P\u00e9rez at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) regional. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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